Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
2 | And when Albert and Mister Johnny came in , she cut the pie and told them about the big fair that was held every Michaelmas in the Norfolk village where she had lived when she was a little girl about the gay gipsy carts and the fire eater , and the booth where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams ; about the two-headed calf and the Bearded Lady and the Toffee Woman . |
3 | And our other project will probably be in Malaysia , where we 're hoping to be able to fund lawyers to go and visit the indigenous tribes , and educate them about the Malaysian process of law , because at the moment I 'm sure you 'll know that various indigenous people have been blockading the logging roads that go on to their demarcated territory . |
4 | He tried to educate them about the nature of demythologizing , a word of which the press had got hold , and to guide them about the best modern writing on the New Testament . |
5 | Then Howard sits back and tells them about the terrible balls-up he made of his arrival in the city . |
6 | Every time some new one comes out on the market he always calls up the maker and tells them about the small pools win he 's just had . ’ |
7 | After the meeting a lot of people wanted to talk to Karen and ask her about the last few days . |